'The Governors Ball of the East Coast'

By

Lucy Cohen Blatter

Feb. 25, 2013 9:48 p.m. ET

On Oscar Sunday, thousands of miles from Hollywood, New York's own show business insiders gathered to watch their colleagues take home gold.

At the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscars viewing party at the restaurant Daniel, writers, actors, producers and other industry types exchanged air kisses, talked about upcoming film projects and discussed their favorite Academy Award nominees. (Best Picture winner...